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WHAT NOT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO QUIT 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

WHAT NOT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO QUIT

Yikes. Friends. Come on. Please use your “thinking cap” as my 7th grade Latin teacher Ms. Bineau would say. Before you quit one job, to take a second in the same industry, think about how to handle the transition. The following actions will get you into trouble, and possibly a lawsuit, almost every time. So don’t do…

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BAD DOCTORS: DOES THE MEDICAL PROFESSION TURN A BLIND EYE? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

BAD DOCTORS: DOES THE MEDICAL PROFESSION TURN A BLIND EYE?

My wife and I recently traveled to Europe with a group of alumni from a local college. The trip (to Istanbul, Turkey) was fantastic! Many nights the group shared dinner and conversation at days’ end…often talking about the amazing history and culture of our host country. One night, however, the discussion turned to medical malpractice…

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CALIFORNIA HORROR STORY: COULD IT HAPPEN IN VIRGINIA? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

CALIFORNIA HORROR STORY: COULD IT HAPPEN IN VIRGINIA?

We place our aged loved ones in nursing homes because they can no longer take care of themselves and we lack the knowledge and/or ability to care for them ourselves. We expect our mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers to be cared for…we don’t expect what happened in a California nursing home. Sophie Schwartz, 92, suffered…

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IS MASSACHUSETTS MAKING GOOD LAW ON NON-COMPETES? 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

IS MASSACHUSETTS MAKING GOOD LAW ON NON-COMPETES?

I live in Virginia but try to keep abreast of national developments on non-compete laws. Most people are aware that California has almost eliminated non-compete contracts in the employment arena. Now it looks like Massachusetts is getting into the action. The current version of a bill under consideration looks awfully good to me and includes…

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HEY LADY – YOU STOLE MY LINE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

HEY LADY – YOU STOLE MY LINE

I mean really. Don’t you hate it when someone steals your stuff? Like the time the employment defense attorney who runs this blog, http://legal.entrepreneur.com/2010/05/18/to-compete-or-not-to-compete-that-is-the-question/, stole my line from a blog I wrote many weeks ago: http://virginianoncompete.blogspot.com/2009/09/to-sign-or-not-to-sign-that-is-question.html Or the time she quoted me as a reliable source on the subject of non-competes in the same article…

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VIRGINIA DOCTOR GIVES ADVICE ON HOW TO HELP FLAWED NURSING HOME SYSTEM 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

VIRGINIA DOCTOR GIVES ADVICE ON HOW TO HELP FLAWED NURSING HOME SYSTEM

Our local paper, The Roanoke Times, has a monthly column written by a local geriatric physician. Our region has been known as of late, as a wonderful place to retire and Health care is in fact, our largest local industry so the column does hit home with many people. In yesterday’s paper, a woman apparently…

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VICTORY FOR PLAINTIFF IN SURGICAL MALPRACTICE SUIT 150 150 Dan Frith
  • Dan Frith

VICTORY FOR PLAINTIFF IN SURGICAL MALPRACTICE SUIT

May 14, 2010By Tricia Bishop, The Baltimore Sun A 53-year-old Harford County woman won a $3.5 million medical malpractice verdict on Thursday against two surgeons and their business, Vascular Surgery Associates. Victoria Little underwent surgery for blocked arteries in 2007, with disastrous results, according to her Baltimore attorneys. She filed a lawsuit in Harford County…

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HOW A NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT CAN RUIN YOUR MORNING 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

HOW A NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT CAN RUIN YOUR MORNING

Now, there are many things that can ruin your morning. Spilled coffee. Baby spit-up. The paper not being delivered. Over sleeping. Having to go to work while a spouse takes the day off. Truly, the possibility of things that can ruin your morning, are endless. But what about when your favorite radio host/hostess can no…

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PRESSURE ULCERS – HOW TO PREVENT 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

PRESSURE ULCERS – HOW TO PREVENT

Two days ago I posted a blog on Pressure ulcers Today a colleague sent me a link which speaks in detail about Preventing pressure ulcers If you spend most of your day in a bed or a chair, you have a higher risk of pressure sores. Being overweight or underweight and not being able to control your…

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NON-COMPETE BUY OUTS IN VIRGINIA 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

NON-COMPETE BUY OUTS IN VIRGINIA

I signed a contract yesterday that basically said, I would not hire Virginia Corp, Inc.’s employees, or the employee and I would face a lawsuit. The contract gave a dollar amount – which was an indirect buy out number. For the low low price of $6,000 – I could hire their employees privately. In some ways,…

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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION & MEDICAL MALPRACTICE 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION & MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

I hate to say it, but we are not providing our Veterans with the best care. We hear cases all the time of men and women who have served our country, only to be injured by substandard medical care at our VA facilities, hospitals etc. I have been writing about VA medical care for years…

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PRESSURE ULCERS IN VIRGINIA HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES 150 150 Lauren Ellerman

PRESSURE ULCERS IN VIRGINIA HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES

I am writing this blog to you, the normal American who must rely on a local hospital or nursing home to take care of your loved one when he or she is ill. If your loved one cannot walk, has diabetes, cannot use the bathroom and or spends most of his or her time sitting…

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